lbl

<lbl>

<lbl> (label) contains a label for a form, example, translation, or other piece of information, e.g. abbreviation for, contraction of, literally, approximately, synonyms:, etc. 9.3.1 Information on Written and Spoken Forms 9.3.3.2 Translation Equivalents 9.3.5.3 Cross References to Other Entries

Module

dictionaries — 9 Dictionaries

Attributes

[att.lexicographic ]

type

classifies the label using any convenient typology.

Status	Optional
Datatype	<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/> data.enumerated
Values	any string of characters, such as usage, sense_restriction, etc.

Declaration

<rng:element name="lbl">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.lexicographic.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type">
   <rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.paraContent"/>
</rng:element>

element lbl
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.lexicographic.attributes,
   attribute type { data.enumerated }?,
   macro.paraContent
}

Example

<entry>
<form type="abbrev">
  <orth>MTBF</orth>
</form>
<form type="full">
  <lbl>abbrev. for</lbl>
  <orth>mean time between failures</orth>
</form>
</entry>

Note

Labels specifically relating to usage should be tagged with the special-purpose usg element rather than with the genericlbl element.

Contained by

etym xr model.entryPart model.gramPart

May contain

analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m phr s span spanGrp w

certainty: certainty respons